INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN 2021 Investment Characteristics - Industry Sector
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ICT and Life Sciences also dominate in terms of the amount invested, ac- counting for 41% and 19% respec- tively of total investment by value (Figure 16). However, these sectors exhibit divergent trends over time, with ICT attracting a higher propor- tion of the dollars invested over time, while Life Sciences has attracted a diminishing share. There was a drop in the amount invested in manufac- turing compared to 2020.
B: Historical Distribution of Investments by Industry: Number of Investments (Percentages) FIGURE 15
Energy
ICT
Life Sciences
Services
Manufacturing
Other
Clean Tech
100%
5%
3% 3%
6%
7%
5%
8%
12%
12%
14%
6%
19%
7%
11%
8%
14%
21%
6% 5%
75%
7%
9%
27%
25%
8%
20%
6% 6%
18%
27%
20%
16%
50%
52%
21%
48%
47%
45%
44%
38%
31%
25%
0%
0%
1%
1%
2%
3%
2%
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Year
BY PROFESSOR COLIN MASON
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